This Paleo Cashew Bread recipe has only 5 ingredients and can be whipped up in a jiffy! It’s another super easy bread recipe that you’ll fall in love with. Why? Because to make it you simply throw the following into a food processor: cashew butter, eggs, baking soda, salt, and apple cider vinegar. You then mix it up, transfer your batter to a pan, and bake it! Voila, it’s easier to make Paleo Cashew Bread than regular bread.
Paleo Cashew Bread is a fabulous Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) recipe. What is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? Read below to find out more! This easy bread recipe is also an amazingly delicious Paleo bread for those following the Paleo Diet.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is the diet that saved my life. While I haven’t spoken extensively about it here, I owe Elaine Gottschall a load of thanks for long phone conversations, incredible advice, and her friendship more than a decade ago. The diet that she developed for her daughter did so much to heal both myself and my son (I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998, and he was diagnosed in 2001). The SCD (one of the first grain-free diets) came to our rescue when nothing else worked! It was truly a miracle.
Thankfully for the newly diagnosed, there are people like Rochel Weiss and Lucy Rosset to keep the traditions of Elaine Gottschall alive –if you are looking for more information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet see Gottschall’s book Breaking the Vicious Cycle.
This amazing grain-free cashew bread recipe is from the book, A Taste of Wellness –it’s an incredible bread that tastes as close to the real thing as any grain-free bread recipe you’ll find out there.
Rochel's Cashew Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashew butter
- 5 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse together cashew butter and eggs until very smooth
- Pulse in apple cider vinegar
- Pulse in baking soda and salt
- Transfer batter to a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf dish
- Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes
- Cool for 2 hours
- Serve
I’ve added a touch of my original Paleo Bread recipe to Rochel’s recipe above by including apple cider vinegar –I’ve been using it in my breads for nearly a decade in order to create a chemical reaction that helps the bread rise. I also switched the method from a stand mixer (I don’t own one) to a food processor. Finally, I eliminated the oil, as well as the honey from Rochel’s recipe in my constant quest to develop recipes for you that call for as few ingredients as possible. So here you have it, a low-carb, gluten-free bread recipe brought to you by Rochel, and tweaked by me, Elana.
To store this paleo cashew bread, wrap in a paper towel, seal in a plastic bag, and refrigerate for up to 1 week.
Here are some of my other paleo bread recipes and paleo dessert recipes that use nut butter. If you’re wondering how to make paleo baked goods without almond flour, these recipes are for you!
Carey Huyser says
Oh yay! Another recipe to use my cashews in! I have been buying them by the 5 lb bag lately as a replacement to dairy products. Thank you Elana! <3
Cindy says
Where do you buy your 5 lbs of cashews? Cost?
Bee says
I just purchased a 1 lb. bag of organic, raw cashew pieces at Natural Grocers. The bag sold for $5.99-pieces are less expensive. No need to get the whole cashews since you will be processing them into nut butter. I made mine in my Cuisinart food processor and added a 1/4 cup of unrefined virgin coconut oil. I was going to try to make it without oil but it formed such a huge ball that was not creamy I decided to add it. I am going to try the sandwich bread recipe from Against All Grain and that recipe specifies to be sure the cashew butter is creamy and smooth. I really think I could have used less oil, but we will see how it firms up. It got a bit warm processing it till it was smooth.
Another note: using the NOW brand unrefined virgin coconut oil could be a mistake for anyone with an aversion to the coconut flavor. My cashew butter definitely tastes and smells of coconut. I love coconut, so it won’t bother me. Also, in adding other ingredients the slight flavor and scent might not be apparent. I will certainly find out tonight after I make it.
Becky Gormley says
When I make cashew butter without any oil it gets to that point, where it’s a ball and not very moist. I keep scraping and keep processing a few more minutes and it releases the oil. Then it’s oily and creamy like the kind I’ve bought in the store. You will probably think it won’t get oily but it will if you go on long enough.
Bee says
Sorry, I didn’t see that it was a 5 lb bag of cashews you were asking about! I’m sure I was of no help!
Dayris says
Just made this bread! Love the simple it is to make and how it turned out! Waiting to cool to taste it!!!
Shaylene says
I’m a more recent follower of yours on FB and here and have made a few recipes and followed some of your advice. I tried this recipe today and it’s excellent. Our whole family has transitioned to GF this past year and feeding small children the GF bread you can get in the freezer case has not been popular. I’ve been trying to find other options and this was way easy! I can whip this up in the evening to have ready for breakfast/lunch the next day. I made my own cashew butter and I didn’t have the smaller loaf pan that you call for so I made do with a 9×5. It was a little shorter and flatter and I baked it 8 minutes less but it’s excellent. Great toasted with my homemade pumpkin pecan butter!
Katie says
How did you make the cashew butter?
Shaylene Caffey says
I found a recipe online for cashew butter that yielded 2 cups, so I modified for this.
1c cashews (the recipe called for unsalted but I only had salted.
1.5-2 T vegetable oil (I used olive)
1/4tsp salt
1 T sugar (more or less to taste or omit entirely)
Pulse cashews and 1T of oil adding oil as needed to smooth, blend until smooth. Add sugar and salt (I omitted salt because my cashews were salted) and blend until smooth. I had to use a little closer to 2T of oil to get the smooth texture. I used my food processor and put it on blend (my pulse is broken).
I hope that helps!
Sherri says
With any nut butter, there is no need to add in oil. Have the nuts at least at room temperature to help release the oils. Put nuts in food processor (2 cups nuts yields 1 cup butter), process until a solid mass. Now here’s the key: let sit for a few minutes or longer so that the oils release and process again until you have a nice smooth nut butter.
April says
I wish I would have looked at your comment first. I made my own cashew butter but blended the cashews with the eggs, that might explain why my loaf tastes really good but was super thin, like a biscotti cookie.
Melinda (Kitchen Tested) says
I just made this recipe and it is incredible. I can’t wait to try making a grilled cheese with this :) Do you think the bread should be refrigerated or left on the counter? I find that many GF recipes stay fresh longer in the fridge…
Susan Trafton says
Is there anything else I could use instead of egg’s?
Batya says
I’ve been buying my almond flour from Digestive Wellness for years! I’m so delighted to see two of my favorite resources working together. :)
Katie says
Is cashew butter a commercial product? Like Does it have oil and sweetener added like most nut butters?
Or can I just make my own by grinding cashews?
Steph says
All the cashew butters I have found commercially are made by natural brands and contain only cashews. But you could definitely just make your own!
Barb says
This turned out beautifully. However, I find it a bit dry..
Adrienne Larocque says
It’s not dry if you slather it with melted butter! :)
Carolyn says
Thank you for this recipe. I have a recipe from a grain-free cookbook, but it is much more involved so I appreciate the simplicity of this one.
Alison @ Ingredients Inc says
love love this!